Jeffrey Folks

Søren Kierkegaard once said that “every assertion suggests its opposite.” Shakespeare implied the same thing when he had Queen Gertrude in Hamlet say, “The Lady doth protest too much, methinks.”“Protesting too much” is what today…

It’s election time, and you will hear a lot about “corporate greed” and “greedy billionaires” from the Democrats. Already, Joe Biden has unveiled plans to raise corporate taxes by one third and slam billionaires (and those making…

Robert Sapolsky has written a book entitled Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will (Penguin Press, 2023). I cannot recommend this book, but it is a useful guide to the way liberals think about human freedom.I should have…

My father was born into a tenant-farming family in western Oklahoma just a few years before even that meager existence was swept away by the arrival of the Great Dust Bowl of the 1920s. By hard work and intelligence, he worked…

Women’s contribution to society is inestimable and worthy of a respect that it does not currently receive: women are mothers, wives, and guardians of morality as well as excellent workers in many professions. Without them, quite…

After a strong run in 2023 and early 2024, stock markets have been selling off lately. I cannot predict whether this market sell-off will continue, but I can state what has happened so far and speculate as to why it has happened…

As the federal income tax deadline approaches, it’s time to reflect on how well the Internal Revenue Service is serving the American people, and whether we might do well to abolish it.Recent polls reveal that 64% of Americans believe…

In My Grandfather’s Son, Clarence Thomas tells the story of his contentious confirmation hearing in great detail. Back in the fall of 1991, Thomas faced unexpected charges of sexual harassment brought by liberals attempting not…

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